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<p>In December, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney declared that ensuring "middle-class Americans don't have their taxes go up on January 1<sup>st</sup>" was the president's "number one priority." Perhaps it was, but what Carney failed to mention was that it was just one of up to 12 "number one priorities" declared by the president since taking office - many of them often conflicting or overlapping.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.mrc.org/articles/number-one-priority-obamas-actually-had-12-those-taking-office" target="_blank">read more</a></p>ArticlesMRC BusinessEconomyGovernmenteconomynumberpresidentprioritiespriorityMon, 23 Jan 2012 18:31:00 +000038728 at http://www.mrc.org